DaveF

Thanks Mark. Why is it I can get steam loco classes right, many diesel locos right, even most emus right but I still cannot identify dmus? I actually quite like dmus and I've ridden on them often enough so I ought to recognise them. I've also photographed them a lot. David

That's a nice new footbridge. When I was on holiday up there in the early 70s you just walked along the track. David

Invershin to Culrain on the Highland Railway line from Inverness to Wick and Thurso is usually considered to be one of the shortest journeys on Network Rail. It takes one minute and costs around £1-17. By road the journey is 16 miles. I'm not sure if locals still walk across the viaduct between the two stations. David

It's time for another visit to the southern half of the Settle and Carlisle today. Settle Junction LNER A4 60019 Bittern RCTS Special Leeds to Glasgow July 67 J0960 Selside Class 113 down pass Skipton to Carlisle Dec 66 J715 Horton Class 47 up goods going away Aug 73 J3358 Ribblehead BR Class 4 down breakdown train Sept 66 J630 Ribblehead LNER V2 4771 Green Arrow The Norfolkman 25th March 78 C3737 David

Some more trams and trains in Gothenburg for this afternoon. Goteborg 11th Aug 94 C19590 Goteborg Rc 6 1405 11th Aug 94 C19594 Goteborg 11th Aug 94 C19667 Goteborg 12th Aug 94 C19671 Goteborg tram 207 12th Aug 94 C19682 David

A couple of photos of previous Trinity House Vessels taken at Harwich in the mid 70s. Trinity House vessel at Harwich Feb 75 CV640 Trinity House Patricia at Harwich 12th June 76 CV0870 David

The 24th of August 1983 was a Wednesday, so I suspect I just turned up to have a look round. I had dad with me (and probably Mum) as he was recovering from a heart attack and couldn't drive at the time. I think I must have been visiting them while I was on holiday. As far as I can work out there was nothing happening on the day, neither mine nor Dad's photos have people in them and nothing seems to have been working. Dad knew some of the people there from his days at Sewstern, so he may have rung someone first to check we could go midweek. David

Now we move to Gateshead to look at Tyneside Central freight depot in 1985. Tyneside Central Freight depot 08384 1st Aug 85 C7007 Tyneside Central Freight depot 08384 1st Aug 85 C7008 Tyneside Central freight depot Gateshead 08384 1st Aug 85 C7012 yneside Central freight depot Gateshead Class 101 Middlesbrough to Newcastle 1st Aug 85 C7014 Tyneside Central freight depot Gateshead Class 101 to Newcastle 1st Aug 85 C7015 Edited to change fright to freight in the first sentence. David

Rocks by Rail, near Cottesmore today. It wasn't called "Rocks by Rail" when these photos were taken. Was it "Rutland Railway Museum"? Cottesmore Avonside 2 Dora Hunslet Coal Products 6 Hunslet 24 Aug 83 C6170 Cottesmore Yorkshire Engine Co 28 British Steel Scunthorpe Aug 83 C6173 Cottesmore Peckett 8 and Barclay Aug 83 C6174 Cottesmore Barclay Salmon parts Peckett Elizabeth GER 6 wheel coach Aug 83 C6177 Cottesmore Manchester Ship Canal ex GWR brake van Aug 83 C6179 David

Around Uddevalla station today. Uddevalla 3212 to Goteborg11th Aug 94 C19642 Uddevalla X9 class emu 11th Aug 94 C19644 Uddevalla V5 class 154 11th Aug 94 C19645 Uddevalla Rc4 1036 11th Aug 94 C19646 Uddevalla 11th Aug 94 C19649 David

Thanks once again Mark. As it is an April photo Dad may well have been on holiday, in which case the Whitemoor to Hitchin train would be right. I can't be certain as I didn't keep a diary then but it may have been the day Dad went to see an old friend (the farmer's son) he worked with on a farm near Cambridge during school holidays in the early part of the war. I remember Mum and I went with him and we were made most welcome. It's always interesting the memories that looking at old family photos can bring back. It was then that I realised why Dad knew quite a bit about working with heavy horses, as well as using traction engines on farms, especially the big ploughing engines. David

In Great Eastern territory today with a mix of odds and ends. A bit later today as I have been spending some time working out exactly where I took some Swedish photos for my European thread. Trumpington Class 31 up freight April 71 J2588 may well be 5696 12.18SX Whitemoor to Hitchin Trumpington Class 47 1976 Kings X to Cambridge April 71 J2589 13.35 Kings X to Cambridge Trumpington trackbed on LNWR line to Cambridge July 74 C1664 Horsemoor Class 104 down Aug 72 J3009 Outwell station Oct 72 J3123 David

I like the photos of the 1043s, thanks for posting them. Today we visit a railway museum near Munkedal, not far from Uddevalla. It had an emu and a shunter outside, inside there was a large collection of model railway items from Europe, including Britain. It was at Chateau Smarod, south of Mumnkedal. It closed in 2006 after a landslide caused a reconstruction of the E6 road, which now goes over the museum's site. If you look for it on Google there are various links, including the former owner's blog. It helps if you can read Swedish or German, though Google translate isn't too bad. There is also a photo taken near Frandefors. Enjoy finding the locations on a map! Munkedal Jarnsvagmuseet Chateau Smarod 0-6-0 electric 769 8th Aug 94 C19548 Munkedal Jarnsvagmuseet Chateau Smarod 0-6-0 electric 769 8th Aug 94 C19549 Munkedal Jarnsvagmuseet Chateau Smarod 0-6-0 electric 769 8th Aug 94 C19550 Munkedal Jarnsvagmuseet Chateau Smarod emu 8th Aug 94 C19551 near Frandefors SJ Class T44 Bo Bo northbound l e 8th Aug 94 C19547 David

I liked it better as it was! David

Southern electrics today at several locations all of which begin with S Swifts Green may sound an unusual location, it is actually the nearest place to a bridge on the line between Headorn and Ashford. I'll admit that I had to look that up this afternoon as when I first looked at the photos there i hadn't a clue where it is. The train details were taken from a copy of an SEG headcode publication, they may be correct. Sheerness Class 414 Sheerness to Sittingbourne May 77 J5713 Sittingbourne West Junction 2HAP 6061 Victoria to Faversham May 76 J5219 Swanley Class 414 6109 Gillingham to Victoria Nov 78 C4211 Swifts Green Class 423 7893 Ramsgate to Charing X May 76 J5179 Swifts Green Class 414 Charing X to Ashford May 76 J5180 That's a much younger me in the photo. David

A visit to Tanum today. For those who are unsure of where it is this may help: Tanum is 143km from Gothenburg and 32 km from Stromstad. Stromstad is on the west coast of Sweden, just south of the border with Norway. Tanum is about halfway between Stromstad and Uddevalla. I'm sure that will make it clear. Tanum 9th Aug 94 C19567 Tanum 3207 Goteborg to Stromstad reversing into platform to allow other train to pass, south points not working 9th Aug 94 C19573 anum 3211 Stromstad to Goteborg 9th Aug 94 C19575 Tanum 10th Aug 94 C19639e Tanum 3207 10th Aug 94 C19639g David

I've enlarged the coach, probably more than is wise, does it help? Corbridge Class 37 up pw train July 83 C6096 David

Northumberland ECML again today with Damdykes and Cramlington in the early 1980s. They are in order from south to north. The Damdykes photo is no longer possible, the only good view now is looking north from the eastern side of the line, which means standing in the field beyond the Citroen Dyane. Damdykes Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle Dec 81 C5611 Cramlington Class 254 up 27th Dec 84 C6670 Cramlington 27017 hauling 47527 up 5th July 85 C6978 Cramlington Class 31 relaying train Feb 84 C6470 Cramlington 47418 WBHS Newcastle to Fort William 11th May 85 C6834 David

More from Gothenburg again today. Goteborg Rc6 1417 11th Aug 94 C19586 Goteborg Rc1 1021 11th Aug 94 C19588 Goteborg 3212 11th Aug 94 C19598 Goteborg Rc5 1375 11th Aug 94 C19602 Goteborg tram 12th Aug 94 C19677 David

Thanks very much, I've added it to the caption. David

I agree about BR's daft policy - I could never understand why numbers were only at the left hand, it can hardly have saved much money. More annoying to me is that back in the late 80s I threw away some of my notebooks, thinking I had written them all up neatly in my catalogues - I had forgotten that I hadn't always put the numbers in, they didn't always seem important at the time. After all they were only photos of everyday locos, the locations were the most important thing to me then. I suspect it may a Gateshead loco - but it looks remarkably clean. David

Thanks Andy, I think it could be a 105, mixed pairs were not unknown on the line, I think I've probably got another photo with such a pair somewhere. David

Probably either Saturday 9th or Saturday 16th July 83. David

Many thanks for all the comments about identifying locos, I am always pleased when there is discussion and eventual agreement (or whatever), as long as there is a realisation that I cannot always reply or correct captions as quickly as I would like. Today we visit the Newcastle Carlisle line again. I'm not sure what happened to the slide at Fourstones, it simply scanned very poorly - several times! There will be better images of other trains there in due course. I don't think anyone will work the numbers of the Class 101 near Bardon Mill. Blaydon 37101 eastbound freight Oct 82 C5862 Corbridge view east July 83 C6094 Corbridge Class 37 up pw train July 83 C6096 contains a Clarke Chapman 12t Twin Jib Crane probably from Low Fell - info from Phil Bancroft - 96701 Fourstones 46229 Stockton to Carlisle 16th March 85 C6758 Taken to the west of the site of the station. Bardon Mill (near) Class 101 and 105 Newcastle to Carlisle April 82 C5647 David

We are going to leave Switzerland for now, though we will return in due course. In 1994 I took Mum and Dad to Sweden, as they would no longer drive abroad. Naturally I took railway photos (as did Dad) around the places we visited, which were in the west. It was an unusually hot summer there that year, some of the film suffered a bit in the heart in the car so some of the colours are a bit "off". We start at Gothenburg (Goteborg), which has both trams and trains to look at. We stayed in a hotel by the station which was useful. For some reason I didn't write down details of emu's in my slide catalogue and have managed to misplace my book on Swedish traction. If anyone can fill in the details I would appreciate it. Goteborg 11th Aug 94 C19585 Goteborg 3141 11th Aug 94 C19596 Goteborg station 11th Aug 94 C19604 Goteborg emu 11th Aug 94 C19653 Goteborg 3206 11th Aug 94 C19658 David